Ultralight Wood Gas Stove. How to Make a Super Light and Compact Backpacking Twig Stove. 

Brilliant. I just made one myself in a matter of minutes. It's so useful to know exactly which cans provide a nice snug fit. I left the bottom on my coffee can and just made the holes 12mm instead of 10mm, works a treat and doesn't seem to scorch the base too badly. Also retained the plastic lid that comes with the coffee tin so I can store kindling/firelighters inside nicely. Thanks Simon.

Affordable, lightweight & recycled. Wonderful! Here in the SW of the US, we make luminarias out of veggie tins. 1 trick is to fill them with water & freeze it so they don't collapse while cutting with hand tools. Love this design.

Great project Simon! The tip for "stretching" the rim of the coffee tin was MORE than worth the price of admission!

Note: if you want to avoid soot on your container, just put some aluminum foil on the bottom of the cook container. Fast and easy. Container stays pretty clean. Set a flat rock on that tree stump....Or several handfuls of dirt.

Should you not have powertools, and have to use hacksaw and no step drill , consider filling can with water and freezing it before working on it.

I have a cheaper copy of the Bushbuddy and both its combustion chamber and outer sleeve have bottoms. After a while, it produces clean, blue flames so the bottom doesn’t have to be open. With both sleeves closed, the ground doesn’t suffer. I’m very impressed by what you’ve created. Maybe there’s scope for a shorter, stouter Mk 2?

I love watching these videos but nearly everyone iv seen is by some guy from the usa that's making it I'm happy the best one iv seen was buy a UK guy. 👍

Love it. I have no need but think I’ll make one anyway. Lovely little thing. By the way, why cut the bottom out of the sweetcorn can just to replace it with mesh? Whilst you are on drilling just drill more holes?

Simon, amazing little burner. Forgive me for saying this but I would've left the thin rim on top piece intact just to stop it spreading. Just an idea that's all...

This is without a doubt, the best designed DIY Wood gas stove on RU-vid ! The stepped drill does a much neater job than a standard drill bit. That is engineering !

Hey, Si mon...use a decafe can.. Has half the caffeine so it has to be half the weight!!! Lol

Wonderful design and make - I love it. Three things to notice: a) the bottom of a slightly bigger can could help against scorching the ground and catch the ashes and embers that fall through your mesh b) using a finer mesh and smaller pieces of wood (about half the size of the diameter of the combustion chamber) or wood pellets would give you a longer burn time c) you don't want to overfill it - the holes for the secondary combustion need to be slightly above the fuel to work properly - watch your stove starting to smoke after refilling with longer sticks; smoke is wasted energy

Love the stove. One thing though and I’m not nagging, there was a brief clip of you drilling the metal with no eye protection. Please don’t get hurt.

Thanks for this! I just spent the day making one with hand tools and a power drill. I am stoked with the result. I found that if I put the bottom end back on it didn't scorch the ground :)

On the pan stand could you make a secondary like piece and use it to spin while on stove to open and close where you put the twigs in to act as a damper..hope that makes sense. I am talking about the section you cut out on side of the pot stand. Seems a lot of wasted flame coming out side.

I suppose one could make it even smaller and lighter using a combination of sweetcorn can for the outer shell and a tomato paste can for the inner shell. It would probably halve the weight. The thing is alcohol stoves, like MonkeyBoy stove while being light, do require liquid fuel to be carried. So if a more compact and lightweight wood-gas stove was to be made it would be the lightest possible solution for the weight-conscious hikers/bushcrafters.

Awesome stove Simon! If you put a paint can lid on top of the pot stand you don't have to worry about soot getting all over your pots. It would mimic a heat diffuser perfectly! :) You can also get another coffee can, and that would make a nice looking homemade cook pot. It will look very identical to your homemade stove! Buy some stainless steel wire to make a handle with the wire with pliers, or a bail. After burning off possibly plastic inside your coffee can your homemade pot should be ready to go! :) Thanks for sharing! Melissa :)

Brilliant design. I loved the unusual use for the Drexel cutting blade: genius.

Very nice ! I thought I'd never make another one of those things after a half dz. but here we go again . Quality production !

Keep the fuel below the level of the air outlet holes in the inner can, anything above is not in the gasification zone, this will prevent smoke and soot on your cup. The one I made I used exhaust paste to seal the two cans at the top because my cans were not an exact fit. It should he noted that these tin can versions burn out after heavy use and you will have to make another, they are not a perfect substitute for the off the shelf stainless versions.

For some reason I have recently received several (newish) videos all saying how to make a gasifier stove out of three tins… but they are not a patch on your video. It is, simply, the best and I know it works. Cheers.

For the bottom use the mesh from a sink drain.

Gosh, I've watched many of your videos and don't remember seeing you use this. Love it!

Greetings from America. As an avid outdoorsman, I find your channel to be among the best for camping, survival and how to make useful gear. Please keep up the good work, we much appreciate your time and effort. We subscribe.

This is a really creative way to recycle and to save some money! Nicely done

Understatement coming up.... .... really rather ingenious! I'm going to have a go at making one 👍. Suspect it might squash inside a rucksack but would be safe in a bag inside a cooking pot....

This is a classic example of 'men in sheds' some of the world's greatest problems were fixed by 'men in sheds'.

Simon you have just built a solo Swedish stove i know because i just bought one 😎

Nice stove! From experience, this type of stove will cool down in less than a minute, once you get the last coal out. The trap here is the spot on the rock may take minutes to cool down.

A £100 price tags is ridiculous!! For anything commercial

Well thank you for showing me that I’ve never seen one especially how it’s made I’m going to go out and make one

Useful. I'm sure I can construct a bigger version from larger cans (500 grams to kg)

Your a genius dude.. I love how you make most of your own stuff.. I have to start trying some of this!

2:01 . Yeah, Simon is all about making life easier! Love it. Thanks.

Yup, reuse, reimagine, recycle... It's only 'rubbish' if you can't find a new purpose for it.

gee whiz man! This is the best, can you just send me one!? LOL..... this is like the 5th time I've watched, great work!!!

Awesome. A bit larger (ikea hobo stove diameter) would be perfect for me, but that would slightly bump up the weight ofc. I made one with a corn-can as burn chamber, and I find it way too small to be sustainable. I have to keep adding fuel, meaning it will smoke everytime I do so. And its so small that a fully prestacked chamber will burn for a max of 10 min (for me). So I went double that size - used the coffee can as the burn chamber. Much better for me. Burns for like 15 min easily. When it's down to coals I add tinder to start a flame, and then keep adding inch long twigs till it's full to the brim. It burns for another 5 min or so. The prestacking capacity is important because refueling will never get such a long burn. On the ohuhu type stoves I get 25 min burn and 10 min coals. Ends up at around 130g. Slightly heavier than my picogrill 85. I am fine with that, since this is a gasifier and doesnt need windscreen (though it helps) and it nestles inside my pot, with space for my penny stove inside, and ofc my DIY soda can cup.

Need one with the following capabilities: 1) DOES NOT CREATE SOOT 2) Can feed while pot/skillet is on top 3) STABLE 4) adjustable heat output. 5) 1 hour cook time. 6) Uses alcohol stove in it, twigs, pellets, charcoal. 7) Cheap and easy to make without specialty tools. Bonus: a way to use used motor oil, cooking oil, similar as an alternate fuel.

Please make an updated version perhaps a larger model?

Made mine with a left over small paint can, soup can, chicken can for the top. Stove pellets for fuel. Works like a champ.

Wow what a well presented stove diy I really enjoyed how you stretched the outer can to press fit the inner can .Just brilliant

Simon, I like the way you envision a neat item when you see a tin can. Good thinking. Here, my friend, you have a neat instructional video aimed to teach an average klutz (yes, my hand is up in the air here) how to convert some tin cans into a slick camp stove. . . . But - darn! I don’t have access to your tools. While they make YOUR life easier, they do nothing for mine. I’m thinking: if he’s trying to teach me how to do this, why isn’t he teaching me WITH THE SIMPLE TOOLS? Please, when you do your instructional videos, remember to aim it at the intended audience? Thank you, and I’m getting down off my soapbox now. ;-) Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

A fantastic idea Simon...thanks. I'm off on a sweetcorn and barista coffee shop today.

Tut tut, no eye protection while you were drilling! 6:49 mins

Very nice job Simon ,the deburring etc sure makes it look great !

You’ve got me thinking here, I’ve got a Kelly Kettle but what if I made a gasification stove using the Kelly’s base, like their hobo stove but more efficient 🤔

ZYDECO LIVES!!! It helps to have a crafty bloke in the shop if you want to be a savvy 'bloke in the woods.' Some of your 'tools' and techniques represent real thinking outside the box. Making gear is an important part of enjoying the outdoors. I never felt any need to use Troglodyte tools. Many of us have power tools as well as hand tools: I do for wood carving projects. Part of the sport is using what you have.

Hi,Simon! I'm Bruce,come from China. Very nice to watch this vedio,and glad to see the good handcraft from you, for this stove. At 15:25 of this vedio ,I saw two other wood stoves. The different appearance,but I know they are same structure,because them ware my design. So happy to you like my deisgn,although them come from copiers in China. Not from me,but it's ok. Could we have a talk,as kindred spirits?

I really do like that stove and have to make it.

Thanks Simon. I just built one like yours and loaded it and lit it like you did...but I can't seem to get the secondary burn going. Maybe a hole or two burns occasionally but not steady. It makes a hot fire but it smokes like crazy. Do you have any suggestions? Thx!

Absolutely brilliant Simon, I find that homemade gear is more satisfying to use, there is something rewarding about it. Keep up the great videos :)

Simon, I must tell you what scares me about these things - they are top heavy and unstable and I have lived through too many bush/mountain/grass fires. You could mod the bottom of that stove to accomodate pins/pegs/stakes to go into the ground. That would stabilise it. I'd also design a wider, better pot holder.

Awesome video! Keep them coming. Have you ever used the stove in any other videos?

I have made can gasifyers and rocket stoves. The Chinese sell a gasifyer for camping. Like the canway and tomshoo. They are a bit heavy not the best backpacking woodgasify stove. There's another one that's on Amazon now. A woodgasifyer the size of these cans. And I'm only saying so if someone doesn't have any tools at all you can buy one. Its like 9 dollars 97 cents, its a this stainless steel. Of course nothing beats a diy. Yours is excellent and great video

Excellent! at 15:25 there's a robens/lixada type & another to the right. Both are larger & may power my wok, what did you think of them? I'll be sure to try & make one of your's anyway as I'm off to LIDL for coffee & cob tomorrow.

Hi Simon, I reckon Markus Brackley summed it up wonderfully, extremely professional at what ever you turn your hand to. Cracking little stove, works great and looks shop bought, well done mate. Atb, Paul.

You are genius. You made a beautiful small gas stove.

Awesome! You made that look like a store-bought product.

Excellently informative as always. Thank you!

Very good. It desserve a 2 £ thanks if you settle it. I did with 4/4 cans and ananas ones which are just little smaler. I will check cafe box. I would find less thinner. More robust.

Great job! I used a Salmon can, they're tapered. Also try using wood pellets. It will have a flame over 16 inches high!

Instead of removing the bottom of the sweetcorn container and putting mesh in why didn't you just drill a lot of holes in it? Also, if you filled the containers with damp (not wet) sand wouldn't it make the can more stable to drill holes in?

Nice job! I guess you have seen Heath Putnam's channel where he does all kinds of experiments to try and find optimum designs.

You won't get much fire from the corn can, but you could boil some water for coffee or tea. I prefer the bigger, bulky stove for main meals. Cheers.

Great idea and great design. It may be worth pointing out to the unwary that the stove should be well test burned before use for cooking, so that any residue from inside the inner (sweetcorn) tin is completely burned off. An upside down metal plate would make an insulator/heat shield to allow the use of the finished product on surfaces which it would otherwise scorch.

2 x cans of coffee and a can of sweet corn vs 100 quid. And you get some fun and satisfaction out of your time invested and I think I noticed an opportunity to drink a bottle of beer. What's not to like about that?

Thankyou!! I got some great ideas, that I can modify with my, on hand materials!! 😊👍

Nice Video,and a good idear. Greatings from Remstal (South Germany)👍👏

I wonder if you do make this using some cans from spray paint. I don't have a ottle on-hand at the moment, but the beverage store is down the street...

We need a video for those of us who don’t have the professional tools 😊

Why can't I get anyone to standup for the homeless? Are your lives more important than some dude or lady/ child freezing to death?

I tried punching holes using a regular paper hole punch and it worked awesome!! No drilling!!

have you tried it with Hex tablets? I heard using them in gas stoves like yours increases the efficiency by 80%

You could always use a single 4 inch or 6 inch ceramic tile depending on the can size, like you would use to tile a floor with as your base to set the can stove on. Also small and not a lot of weight.

A bloke up in Canada, said they're not able to burn any wood, from the forest, but he'd made a wood pellet stove..have you tried those, in this?

Greetings from Northern Ireland.....subscribed

Hey Simon great video. Just a rapid question: you ate that corn, didn't you?! :-o

Wonder if you could make some sort of collar to partially cover the holes in the bottom, would it adjust the height of the flame?

I want one, where do I get one Simon, do I really have to make it myself? Your talent at creation is inspiring

If you heated the can before sliding it over the bottle wouldn't it slide easier being a bit expanded because of the heat? Then leave it to get cold still on the bottle. It will keep its stretch because it won't be able to contract.

Don’t forget to burn out the liner on the inside of your cans first, otherwise you’ll end up with toxic food

I have absolutely no need for another stove, but your video was so inspiring, I’m off to make one!

Be sure to keep twigs below the secondary combustion holes to have a cleaner burn.

An inspired piece of engineering! Can't wait to make my own! 😎

First class handiwork again Simon,... I'll be having a crack at one of them. Ive got a habit of holding on to those coffee tins, wondering what I can use them for..... until 'er indoors gets fed up looking at them lol!... Cheers 👍

Nice little stove your losing efficiency because your holes below the pot are to far from the pot, the flame is not allowed to hug the pots bottom.

Great idea! small compact lightweight 🙂👍 I'm new to your channel and see this is over a year old have you used this much since?

You videos are seen around the World !!! So please speak slow and clear so it is easier to understand your English pronunciation.

Thank´s for a nice video. It looks like you have the same eye protection like we have in Sweden 🙂

That is a handy little stove. Great for solo trips . I'm a big fan of DIY and there is quite a bit of it on my channel. Atb

That's an awesome little stove that you built. Will have to try to build one myself. Have an amazing week /Andreas

Have nothing but comments were at 666 i had to fix it

Absolutely love it, particularly the comment about the cost.

Well done!

Lost me several times. I don't have definite procedure for all the steps.

just between your burner and your pot stand you'll see the difference

棒呆了！gooooood job！我最近利用一个咖啡罐做了一个适用于trangia酒精炉的燃烧器！😀

Brilliant video as always Simon, I'll definitely be trying this one too! Thanks very much, cheers Sam

The sweetcorn tin looks about the size of a condensed milk tin.

Good job on the stove. It looks like a great design.